Pete Seeger
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, and had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene," which topped the charts for 14 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes.A prolific songwriter, his best-known songs include "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (with additional lyrics by Joe Hickerson), "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" (with Lee Hays of the Weavers), "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (also with Hays), and "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)", which have been recorded by many artists both in and outside the folk revival movement. "Flowers" was a hit recording for The Kingston Trio (1962); Marlene Dietrich, who recorded it in English, German and French (1962); and Johnny Rivers (1965). "If I Had a Hammer" was a hit for Peter, Paul and Mary (1962) and Trini Lopez (1963) while The Byrds had a number one hit with "Turn! Turn! Turn!" in 1965.
Seeger was one of the folk singers responsible for popularizing the spiritual "We Shall Overcome" (also recorded by Joan Baez and many other singer-activists), which became the acknowledged anthem of the civil rights movement, soon after folk singer and activist Guy Carawan introduced it at the founding meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960. In the PBS ''American Masters'' episode "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song", Seeger said it was he who changed the lyric from the traditional "We will overcome" to the more singable "We shall overcome". Provided by Wikipedia
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Where have all the flowers gone : a singer's stories, songs, seeds, robberies / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Henscratches and flyspecks; how to read melodies from songbooks in twelve confusing lessons / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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American favorite ballads; tunes and songs as sung by Pete Seeger. by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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The incompleat folksinger / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Everybody says freedom / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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The deaf musicians / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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The steel drums of Kim Loy Wong : an instruction manual to accompany the Folkways records FI-8367 and FS-3834 and the movie, "Music from oil drums" / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Pete remembers Woody by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Pete Seeger in his own words / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Abiyoyo : based on a South African Lullaby and folk story / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Pete Seeger & Sonny Terry. by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Nonesuch and other folk tunes. by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Pete Seeger at the Village Gate. by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Pete Seeger at the Village Gate. by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Love songs for friends and foes / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Broadsides, songs & ballads / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Indian summer : original soundtrack music / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Pete Seeger sings and answers questions at the Ford Hall Forum, Boston Massachusetts. by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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Camp songs / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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How to play a 5-string banjo (instruction) / by Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
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